Freelancing to Fortune: Navigating the Shift to a Role at Microsoft
Transitioning from freelancing in the ever-evolving world of web3 to a full-time role at Microsoft has been a significant shift in my career. Moving from the flexibility of freelancing to working within a large organisation like Microsoft has brought new experiences and insights. Two months into this role, I've already accumulated solid enough experience and lessons to share.Charting the unknownsPrior to Microsoft, my journey was deeply rooted in web3—a realm defined by decentralisation ...
Freelancing to Fortune: Navigating the Shift to a Role at Microsoft
Transitioning from freelancing in the ever-evolving world of web3 to a full-time role at Microsoft has been a significant shift in my career. Moving from the flexibility of freelancing to working within a large organisation like Microsoft has brought new experiences and insights. Two months into this role, I've already accumulated solid enough experience and lessons to share.Charting the unknownsPrior to Microsoft, my journey was deeply rooted in web3—a realm defined by decentralisation ...
Unlocking Gasless Transactions with Biconomy: Experimenting within the EFIT Certificates Platform
Learning to bring gasless transactions to a dapp has been a dream of mine for a while. Today, I am thrilled to finally share my learnings & experiences that I have successfully achieved while conducting this gasless transaction experiment within a project. The project itself is a platform designed to distribute NFT certificates to English For IT (EFIT) students. It was launched in December 2022 and serves as the backdrop for this exploration. If you'd like more context, I previously wrot...
Unlocking Gasless Transactions with Biconomy: Experimenting within the EFIT Certificates Platform
Learning to bring gasless transactions to a dapp has been a dream of mine for a while. Today, I am thrilled to finally share my learnings & experiences that I have successfully achieved while conducting this gasless transaction experiment within a project. The project itself is a platform designed to distribute NFT certificates to English For IT (EFIT) students. It was launched in December 2022 and serves as the backdrop for this exploration. If you'd like more context, I previously wrot...
Building Innovation in the NFT Ecosystem: A Gas-Free Trait Swap Platform for Bufficorn Buidl Brigade
When it comes to NFTs, the metadata is what makes each one unique and valuable. However, NFTs are typically viewed as static pieces of digital art, with their metadata unable to be changed. But what if that could change? What if we could make NFTs dynamic and interactive? That's what inspired us to build a gas-free platform for trait swapping within the Bufficorn Buidl Brigade collection. Leveraging the existing offchain metadata storage for the collection, we were able to create a solut...
Building Innovation in the NFT Ecosystem: A Gas-Free Trait Swap Platform for Bufficorn Buidl Brigade
When it comes to NFTs, the metadata is what makes each one unique and valuable. However, NFTs are typically viewed as static pieces of digital art, with their metadata unable to be changed. But what if that could change? What if we could make NFTs dynamic and interactive? That's what inspired us to build a gas-free platform for trait swapping within the Bufficorn Buidl Brigade collection. Leveraging the existing offchain metadata storage for the collection, we were able to create a solut...
My 2022: A Journey Through the Year in Review
As the year 2022 draws to a close, I can't help but feel a sense of nostalgia for all that has happened in the past 12 months. From big changes to small victories, this year has been a journey full of ups and downs. And I want to take a moment to review the best highlights of my year. But before we go, TLDR myself, if you don’t know me already, I go by the name Saimano. I am 26. I am from Southern India. I always had a passion for computers since my childhood & it got me here as a web3 d...
My 2022: A Journey Through the Year in Review
As the year 2022 draws to a close, I can't help but feel a sense of nostalgia for all that has happened in the past 12 months. From big changes to small victories, this year has been a journey full of ups and downs. And I want to take a moment to review the best highlights of my year. But before we go, TLDR myself, if you don’t know me already, I go by the name Saimano. I am 26. I am from Southern India. I always had a passion for computers since my childhood & it got me here as a web3 d...
The Future of Certificate Issuance is Here: Using Soul Bound NFTs
I always believed that NFTs can be more than just JPEG pictures. And with the concept of soul bound tokens, this can be leveraged for various real world use cases, issuing certificates being one of them. Gone are the days of paper certificates and the potential for fraud or forgery. With soul bound NFTs, issuing certificates on the blockchain has never been more secure and trustworthy. Here’s why,The current method of issuing certificates often relies on paper documents mostly, which are vuln...
The Future of Certificate Issuance is Here: Using Soul Bound NFTs
I always believed that NFTs can be more than just JPEG pictures. And with the concept of soul bound tokens, this can be leveraged for various real world use cases, issuing certificates being one of them. Gone are the days of paper certificates and the potential for fraud or forgery. With soul bound NFTs, issuing certificates on the blockchain has never been more secure and trustworthy. Here’s why,The current method of issuing certificates often relies on paper documents mostly, which are vuln...
